Progress Report 2

Project Title:Holding Chamber for Zebrafish

Team Members: Austin Ramme, Kristin Sipsma, Mike Haggerty, Andrew Neumann

Client:Jill M. Kolesar, James Weichert, and Marc Longino

Advisor:Professor Justin Williams

Date:1/27/04 – 2/2/04

Problem Statement:

Design and evaluate a Zebrafish holding chamber for use during a CT imaging process.

Restatement of Team Goals:
1. Establish contact and meet with our client

  1. Develop an understanding of the project and its intentions
  2. Research relevant background information
  3. Identify market products
  4. Begin writing Product Design Specification (PDS)

Individual Goals:

Austin Ramme:

  1. Review PDS requirements and begin writing PDS report
  2. Research relevant background information on oxygen requirements for Zebrafish
  3. Update design notebook

Kristen Sipsma:

  1. Research background information regarding Zebrafish in medicalresearch
  2. Update design notebook

Mike Haggerty:

  1. Research relevant background information regarding CT microscanners
  2. Update design notebook

Andrew Neumann:

  1. Research relevant background information regarding Zebrafish anatomy
  2. Update design notebook

Summary ofAccomplishments:

1. Met with client on 1/28/04.

2. Developed understanding of project

3. Emailed client about additional information needed for project

Summary of Team Goals:

  1. Research for relevant background information regarding CT microscanners, medical Zebrafish research, andZebrafish anatomy
  2. Begin writing PDS
  3. Develop technique for testing oxygen requirements of Zebrafish
  4. Experimentally determine minimum oxygen requirements of Zebrafish

Project Schedule:

1/23/04Form teams and assign responsibilities

1/28/04Meet with client

1/23/04- 2/27/04Research, brainstorm, and develop PDS

2/27/04-3/5/04Prepare oral presentation

3/5/04 – 3/12/04Decide on final design; prepare written report

3/12/04 – 4/23/04Work on design and build prototype

4/23/04 – 4/30/04Prepare final oral presentation

4/30/04 – 5/5/04Prepare final report, PDS, and design drawings

5/7/04Final meeting with advisor

Difficulties:

Developing a technique for determining the minimum oxygen requirement to sustain Zebrafish life is our current difficulty.

Activities:

Team:

  1. Client Meeting- 1/28/04 (2 hr)

2. Assigned Research Topics and Began Research (2 hr)

Austin Ramme:

1. Began writing PDS Report (3 hr)

2. Researchedoxygen requirements(30 min)

3. Obtained and delivered 12 Zebrafish (45 min)

4. Wrote progress report(30 min)

5. Updated notebook (15 minutes)

Kristen Sipsma:

  1. Researched carcinogenesis in Zebrafish (2 hr)
  2. Updated notebook (15 min)

Mike Haggerty:

  1. Researched Zebrafish anatomy (45 min)
  2. Prepared fish tank for Zebrafish (30 min)
  3. Brainstormed design ideas (30 min)
  4. Updated notebook (15 min)

Andrew Neumann:

  1. Researched CT microscanners (30 min)
  2. Upload pictures from client meeting (45 min)
  3. Updated notebook (30 min)

Total Hours for Week:27 hr

Cumulative Team Hours to Date:38.5 hr